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Executive Director at the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dennis Hickey, highlights projects and initiatives that the agency is spearheading at a JIS Think Tank on July 28.

TPDCO Transforming Resort Areas and Attractions

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) is spearheading several projects geared towards the transformation and redevelopment of some of the island’s resort areas and attractions. Highlighting the scope of work at a JIS Think Tank on July 28, Executive Director...

Longest serving member of staff at Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, Pauline Lindo (left) is presented with a commemorative plaque by deputy chairman of the hospital’s Management Committee, Balwin Leslie. The presentation took place at the 50th anniversary and awards presentation ceremony held on July 24 on the hospital’s grounds.

Savanna-La-Mar Hospital Honours Staff for Long Service and Leadership

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses a ceremony to officially launch the Jamaica Customs Agency’s (JSA) revamped Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programme on Monday, July 28, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Pictured at the head table (from left) are: Commissioner of Customs, Major (ret'd) Richard Reese; and Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips.

Customs Revamps Authorised Economic Operator Programme

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre) presents Principal of Clan Carthy Primary School, Sheldon Richards (2nd left), with one of the 30 tablet computers, which were handed over to the school by Geo TechVision Enterprises on July 28, under the Government’s Tablets in Schools in initiative, which is being implemented by eLearning Jamaica. Also participating in the occasion were (from left): Chairman of eLearning Jamaica, Yvonne McCalla Sobers; Chief Executive Officer of eLearning Jamaica, Avrill Crawford; and Project Manager for the Tablets in Schools project at Geo TechVision, Carlton Smith.

Clan Carthy Primary Teachers Get Tablet Computers

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), in discussion with the Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission , Delroy Gordon (centre) and Bishop Delford Davis (left), representing the Jamaica Association of Full Gospel Churches, after the Emancipation and Independence Thanksgiving Church service, held on July 27 at the Church of the Open Bible, in Kingston.

Culture Minister Thanks Past Leaders

State Minister in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, urging members of the entertainment industry to get on the registry ahead of the July 31 cutoff date.

12 years ago Tourism

Entertainment Registry Progressing Well – State Minister Crawford

The establishment of a registry for the entertainment industry is progressing well, ahead of the July 31cut off deadline, despite a few challenges. State Minister for Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford, said the expected passive resistance from the players in the industry has been resolved, and the process has been going very well. “We have been talking to the...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, addresses the Jamaica Teachers

12 years ago Culture

JTA Credit Union Awards Bursaries to Outstanding GSAT Students

Students, who excelled in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), have been awarded bursaries, valued at $400,000, by the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Co-operative Credit Union. The cheques were presented to 19 children of credit union members from across the island, during an awards function on July 25 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Director of the credit...

Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Director of Corporate Services, Errol Gardner, interacts with a participant in the University of Technology’s Teach the Youth summer outreach programme at the Mountain View Community Centre following his presentation on the topic: ‘Dangerous Habits that Can Prevent You From Realising Your Dream’. The programme, which is in the community of Mountain View for the first time, has been proceeding well.

12 years ago InformationOffice of the Prime Minister

‘Teach The Youth’ Project Reaping Success in Mountain View

Organisers of the University of Technology’s (UTech) ‘Teach the Youth’ project are pleased with the progress of the institution’s first youth summer outreach programme in the Mountain View community. The community was this year added to five already benefitting from the university's Student's Union's outreach, which targets inner-city youth, to improve their academic performance, through lessons in literacy and numeracy,...

Some of the 39 houses, located in Steelfield (Spicy Hill) Trelawny, which were handed over to sugar workers in the parish earlier this year. The housing development comes under the European Union-funded Sugar Barracks Relocation project.

12 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

$1.4 Billion Spent on Sugar Barracks Relocation Programme

The Government has spent approximately $1.4 billion to construct 84 concrete houses in sugar dependent areas, under the Sugar Barracks Relocation Programme. Former Field Supervisor at the Frome Estate in Westmoreland, Ercelyn Black, says the programme is a blessing. Ms. Black, who worked on the estate for 20 years, is a recipient of a two bedroom unit in Barham, Westmoreland,...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier addressing potential farm workers at a recruitment exercise held at the Montego Bay Community College in St. James on Friday, July 25.

12 years ago Labour

Farm Workers Urged to Make the Best of Opportunities

Prospective recruits have been urged to make maximum use of the opportunity afforded to them by the Government’s Overseas Farm Workers Programme. Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier gave the charge on Friday, July 25, as he addressed the third recruitment drive for 2014 for workers for the United States and Canadian Farm Work Programmes. The exercise was...

A section of the large turnout of potential farm workers anxiously await their interview at the Montego Bay Community College in St. James on Friday July 25. The Government plans to recruit 3, 500 workers for both the United States and Canadian programmes this year for placement in 2015.

12 years ago Labour

Age Limit Increased for Farm Workers Programme

The maximum recruitment age limit for persons for the Overseas Farm Workers Programme has been adjusted from 40 to 45 years. Making the announcement on Friday, July 25, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier said the adjustment is as a result of the recognition that there are many very able bodied persons over the previous cut off age...

Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Board Chairman, Aston Cooke (right), presents an award to Tashauna ‘Shauna’ Williams (left), after she was announced the first Big Stage National winner at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston on Sunday, July 20.

12 years ago Culture

‘Big Stage’ Winners Elated

Singer and songwriter, Tashauna Williams is elated to be the winner of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s ‘The Big Stage’, one of the competitions under the JCDC’s redesigned programmes for Jamaica Festival 2014. “It was an exuberant feeling. I was excited, ecstatic, overwhelmed… I was surprised because I didn’t know I was going to win because there were so many...